ArticleAddictive behaviors reports2021
Clinical binge eating, but not uncontrolled eating, is associated with differences in executive functions: Evidence from
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- Weight-loss interventions for improving emotional eating among adults with high body mass index: A systematic review with meta-analysis and meta-regression.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2022Pooled it
- Adding executive function training to cognitive behavioral therapy for binge eating disorder: A pilot randomized controlled trial.Eating behaviors · 2023Trial
- EEG Neurofeedback in the Treatment of Adults with Binge-Eating Disorder: a Randomized Controlled Pilot Study.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2022Trial
- From childhood to adolescence: Development of binge eating and the prospective role of self-regulation.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Empirical validation of a developmental model for binge-eating disorder in adolescents: a structural equation modeling approach.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Is there a role for higher cognitive processes in the development of obesity in humans?Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2023Review
- Executive Functions and Public Health: A Narrative Review.Iranian journal of public health · 2023Review
- Editorial: Neurological, psychological and endocrine markers of eating disorders and obesity.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Article
- Executive Functions of Adults with Binge-Eating Disorder: The Role of Weight Status and Psychopathology.Brain sciences · 2021Article
- Binge behaviors: Assessment, determinants, and consequences.Addictive behaviors reports · 2021Article
- Restrained Eating Is Associated with Lower Cortical Thickness in the Inferior Frontal Gyrus in Adolescents.Brain sciences · 2021Article
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Abstract
introductionBinge eating disorder (BED) is a common psychiatric diagnosis characterized by the presence of episodes of loss of control over food consumption. Understanding the neurocognitive factors associated with binge eating pathology might help to design clinical strategies aimed at preventing or treating BED. However, results in the field are notably heterogeneous. In the current study, we aimed to establish whether binge eating behaviors (both at a clinical and at a non-clinical level) are associated with executive functions.
methodsWe performed a pre-registered
resultsRelative to healthy controls, patients with BED showed lower performance in executive functions, with a small effect size. At the same time, uncontrolled eating patterns were not associated with differences in executive functions. Neither age nor body mass index (BMI) influenced these results.
conclusionsOur findings suggest that there is no association between performance in executive functions and variations along the non-clinical spectrum of binge eating behaviors. Small deficits in executive functions, however, seem to appear in individuals showing severe binge eating symptoms, that is, individuals meeting diagnostic criteria for BED. We speculate that the close links between BED and emotional distress could partly explain these results.
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